Annie Clark, the musician otherwise known as St. Vincent, first gained notice through working with Sufjan Stevens and the Polyphonic Spree.
Here on her excellent second album, she projects an aura of eerie perfection, but her music is not overly polite or unaffecting. On the contrary, Clark’s songs hone in on precise fluctuations in mood, and flesh out complex inner worlds for the women suggested in her lyrics. These slippery characters are given life by the varied instrumentation, as when songs move out of placid, Disney-esque string accompaniment into jagged, distorted guitar passages. Lush, dynamic, and inviting, Actor is an admirable step up from her 2007 full-length debut.
Tracklist
1. The Strangers
2. Save Me From What I Want
3. Neighbors
4. Actor Out of Work
5. Black Rainbow
6. Laughing with a Mouth of Blood
7. Marrow
8. The Bed
9. The Party
10. Just the Same but Brand New
11. The Sequel
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